Minutes of the Board of Trustees – Wednesday July 11, 2007.
Present: President, Bruce Myers; Secretary, Belen Gomez; Bette George; Evan Long; and Harold Dozier.
Staff: Manager, Michael Alburn.
It was moved by Bette George, seconded by Harold Dozier and unanimously carried that the Minutes of the June meeting be approved as mailed.
Following discussion, it was moved by Harold Dozier, seconded by Evan Long and unanimously carried that the June Bills be approved and ordered paid. See: Board Order to disburse funds No. 25, Exhibit I.
Following discussion, it was moved by Bette George, seconded by Belen Gomez and unanimously carried that the June Bills be approved and ordered paid. See: Board Order to disburse funds No. 26, Exhibit II.
It was moved by Belen Gomez, seconded by Harold Dozier and unanimously carried that the July Payroll be approved and ordered paid. See: Board Order to disburse funds No. 1, Exhibit III.
None.
The Manager reported on the following items:
Flood – The water cooler filter located in the hall between the office and lab became dislodged and flooded the lab, hall and front office area around Sheri’s desk. Staff squeegeed the tile off and used a wet & dry vacuum on the carpet which was followed with a carpet cleaning by district personnel. Service Master is scheduled to clean the office carpet on Saturday morning. The carpet in the ladies laboratory had to be removed and will be replaced with a remnant yet to be located.
BTi – Animal confinement facility waste-water lagoons are now being treated with the new truck using the mist blower. Early results have been outstanding.
Mosquitoes – Three areas are producing an abundance of mosquitoes within the District. Bar 99 dairy (Ave 384 / Hwy 99) was found to be breeding excessive mosquitoes after adult populations were noticed in the restrooms of the C.H. Warlow rest stop by staff. After a thorough search of the area including several trap settings the main dairy lagoon was found to be boiling with larvae. Treatment has been made and populations in the area, while still high, have begun to diminish. Macklin’s ranch just north of Visalia on Rd 124 has a significant adult population as determined by recent trap sets. The dairies in the immediate area have significant breeding occurring and have been put on a regular treatment schedule to help with reducing the population. Finally, the area south of Elbow Creek School (Ave. 328) has a significant adult population starting up. We have trapped in the area, but need more data to help determine the focus of the population. In the intermediate we have located a couple of secondary sources that are being controlled through treatment.
SOI – Contact has been made with LAFCO to explore the idea of matching our Sphere Of Influence (SOI) consistent with the City of Visalia’s SOI. Currently service to Visalia residents is provided by Tulare MAD south of Caldwell and east of Mooney. Among the items to be discussed with LAFCO is what it will take to do a Municipal Service Review and SOI update. Ultimately a detachment and annexation may be the solution to consistent service within Visalia. The Board will be kept apprised of what develops.
The Manager distributed the first news release of the 2007 season issued earlier in the day (See: Exhibit IV).
Within the District 102 dead birds have been reported, 25 submitted, 1 positive and 6 pending. No mosquito pools positive, 18 pending. 47 CO2 traps have been set collecting 5143 adult mosquitoes. 37 Gravid traps have been set collecting 193 mosquitoes. No chickens have been positive.
The West Nile virus response level on May 31st was 1.5, indicating a normal season.
Three human cases have been located in Kern County.
Following discussion it was moved by Bette George, seconded by Evan Long and unanimously carried to approve Policy 2128, Safe Driver Policy (See: Policy 2128, Exhibit V).
Following discussion it was moved by Harold Dozier, seconded by Bette George and unanimously carried to approve Resolution 07-03 regarding DMV reporting process and District employees with excessive points (See: Resolution 07-03, Exhibit VI).
Following discussion it was moved by Evan Long, seconded by Bette George and unanimously carried to contract with Michael Oxenreider, CPA for $4,200 to perform the 06/07 annual audit of the District.
Following discussion, it was moved by Evan Long, seconded by Harold Dozier and unanimously carried to approve as presented the 2007/08 Fiscal Budget including a 5% COLA effective 7/1/07 (See: 2007/08 Fiscal Budget, Exhibit VII).
Following discussion it was moved by Bette George, seconded by Belen Gomez and unanimously carried to amend Board Order No. 1, Exhibit III, to include a 5% COLA (See: Board Order 1, Exhibit III Amended).
The meeting adjourned at 8:02 p.m.
Board Minutes approved on August 8, 2007.
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Michael W. Alburn, Recording Secretary